The nation is awash with a new black market commodity... Across the country, retailers are finding massive amounts of this product missing. In West St. Paul, Minnesota, one enterprising individual has taken $25,000 dollars of this chemical that some Police Departments are calling liquid gold:
Tide Detergent
posted by symbioid
on Mar 13, 2012 -
100 comments
They dance and eat as
they steal.
Yomango, a counter-but-consumerist-culture of shoplifting,
surfaced July 2002 in Spain. It's shoplifting as a movement—taught in
workshops, choreographed, organized as missions, and executed with prankish gusto on three continents. Why? One, it's civil disobedience that believes stealing to stay alive should be permitted. Two, it
takes back what once belonged to everyone. Three, there's humor in it, even with the communistic undertones and its little
red book. Discussion:
Dark Matter, Las Agencias, and the Aesthetics of Tactical Embarrassment.
A Poliedric Debate On Collabora Art.
¿Lo quieres?¿Lo tienes? (Spanish). More about Yomango:
Ten Style Tips for a Yomango Life. A
gallery of promos, news, and event photos.
Yomango fashion show.
Yomango tango.
Yomango dinner.
posted by Mo Nickels
on Jul 31, 2005 -
46 comments
Steal a Snickers bar ---> Get 16 years in jail This Texan appears to be extremely unfortunate, even when you read his past criminal record. How can stealing a Snickers equate to 16 years in prison? However, the audacious comment from the assistant attorney is worth noting:
"
If it was a Milky Way, we probably wouldn't have even tried him on it".
posted by williamtry
on Apr 7, 2000 -
11 comments
